Mineral Oil Submerged PC Build Log Part 3

[Stefanopolis]

Watching 15:21 in 720P (Lol) justified me waiting all night for this. 

The hype was so real waiting for this video :lol:

[Qub3d]

And now, giveaway.

 

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Can you imagine this thing being shipped?

They're probably going to pay someone to clean it out for them. That's what I'd do.

[PseudoMac]

I've been having a generally shitty day and this made me feel so much better. Awesome vid guys!

[PseudoMac]

Linus Media will never need to buy cotton balls again.

Do they really need all that fundraiser money when they can afford to buy 300 cottonballs?!

[Stagea]

 

NCIX: 

Amazon: http://geni.us/42fj

Puget Systems (Aquarium Case): http://bit.ly/1tkDeB6 [Due to a legal claim by a patent troll, Puget Systems is no longer able to sell their aquarium cases]

 

Mineral Oil part 3 is finally here - today we pour!

 

 

Very nice!

 

You can use a regulator on the air line to restrict the airflow to the tank. That can cause the vibrating air pump to make more noise though and can reduce the life of the flap valves inside the pump.

 

A better solution is to use a distribution manifold and regulate a bleed then just open up the valve to the tank. Something like this:

 

The best solution would be to use a Variac as it eliminates the need for a bleed, prolongs pump life, and most of all reduces the buzzing noise.

[DeViLzzz]

An extremely entertaining video with awesome camera work and fun banter between Linus and Luke.  I needed something like this to pick my spirits up after having a disaster of a birthday that had me reeling.  I said to myself I want to do something like this and eh if I don't hang around then I can't do something like this.  Thanks for reminding me that there may be some things I need to do in life that will bring some smiles to my face and maybe some others.  I still have that urine cooled pc to build maybe someday?  Eh maybe not ....

[Syntaxvgm]

wait for ANOTHER PART??

Motherfuck-

*dies*

[GarlanTyrell]

How come you guys decided not to put a fan on that tower cooler? Was there just enough of a flow rate through the fins from convection and the bubbles?

[unijab]

Won't running the bubble machine cause more humidity to get into the oil faster than it normally would?

[NumLock21]

I think using a funnel would have made life a lot easier when pouring that oil.

[venounan]

I'm honestly curious how the bubbles effect the fan motors and the general cooling. For the fan motors it's constantly changing the density of what the fan is moving though, and for the cooling the air is not as good as mineral oil at it.

[kurticus]

Will you guys be doing some benchmarks for the overclocking and temperature capabilities for this build?

[AMD Lover]

To bad u can't buy that damn case

[Jarsky]

What a ridiculous patent claim! 

 

http://www.google.com/patents/US7403392 1&9

http://www.google.com/patents/US7911782  24

 

 

People have been doing their own custom builds exactly how this kit is setup, for many years - well before they put in this patent. 

[luanshuju]

If you constantly introduce air into the loop, won't the pump be kinda noisy?

[IAmAndre]

Hi,

 

I have a few questions about this video :

- Are the rocks at the bottom only to have bubbles?
- Are they using a waterproof motherboard and graphics card?
- Do they actually need fans for their graphics card and their power supply, since fans are supposed to be blowing air and there is actually not a lot of air to blow in liquids?

Thanks

[Stagea]

Hi,

I have a few questions about this video :

- Are the rocks at the bottom only to have bubbles?

- Are they using a waterproof motherboard and graphics card?

- Do they actually need fans for their graphics card and their power supply, since fans are supposed to be blowing air and there is actually not a lot of air to blow in liquids?

Thanks

I think the rocks are both for concealing the bubbler and to act as an ornament (making it look like a fish tank).

The components are not waterproof, but mineral oil is non-conductive like air. That allows the setup to work.

The fans push the liquid through the parts that need cooling. Some flow is desirable to take away heat from those components. Instead of air, the fans are now blowing mineral oil to the cooling fins.

[unijab]

A build with the 3M novec  fluid would be way cooler... and more expensive !

 

[SpiralSweep]

Slick @ you need RoboFish! 

[Stagea]

Slick @ you need RoboFish!

That would be cool. Dunno if the buoyancy would be right under mineral oil though. It might just sink.

[LetShot12345]

"Not enough minerals."

[ryanmmax]

Instead of using mineral oil to cool your VC/CPU you should use it to cool everything else.   AND sub 0 cool your VC/CPU!!!

 

Imagine dropping a watercooled computer in oil and then running some refrigerant through the loop.   The oil would prevent any condensation so you could run it as cold as your hearts desire.   The oil would also cool your Mobo/ram/PSU/ECT...